Elastic blade holder



Jan. 28, 1941. e. MONNET ELASTIC BLADE HOLDER Filed July 8, 1937 ATTO R N EY5 INVENTOR GEORGES MONNET Patented Jan. 23, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to shaving devices, and refers more particularly to blades, razors and parts thereof, which are used for supporting a cutting edge while the razor is being used.

I have found that one of the reasons why users of safety razors often experience difiiculty in finding razors suitable to their purposes is that the razors now in use comprise rigid clamping means which firmly hold a safety razor blade in a cer- 1 tain predetermined position throughout the shaving process. It is, however, a matter of common experience that the efficiency of a cutting tool is considerably increased by providing a resilient and/or flexible support for such tool, since such 15 support will enable the cutting edges to adapt themselves to the surface over which they are moved.

An object of the present invention is, therefore, the provision of a safety razor having flexible,

20 resilient and/or elastic means for holding the cutting edges of the blade while the razor is in use.

Another object is the provision of means capable of being used in connection with razors and blades of existing constructions for the purpose of providing a flexible, resilient and/or elastic support for the blade.

The above and other objects of the present invention may be realized through the insertion of 30 elastic, flexible and/or resilient means between the cutting edges of a blade and the handle of the safety razor. Furthermore, a rubber element may constitute a part of the razor and may be used for connecting the handle with the blade 35 support of the razor.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, showing by way of example preferred embodi- 40 ments of the inventive idea.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a section through a top portion of a razor and shows flexible means connecting the razor guard with the handle;

Figure 2 shows in perspective, on a larger scale, the flexible connecting means illustrated in Figure 1.

Figures 1 and 2 show a flexible and/or elastic sleeve 60, which may be made of rubber and which constitutes an integral part of a safety razor 6| shown in Figure 1.

The razor 6| comprises a cover or clamping member 62 of standard form and a guard 63 having a flange 64 fitting into the annular groove 65 of the sleeve 60. The handle 66 of the razor Bl has a tapered portion 61 ending in a flange 68 fitting into an annular groove 69 formed in the sleeve 66. In this construction, the flexible and/or elastic sleeve 60 constitutes an element which is situated between the handle 66 and the blade 70, which may be of any standard make and which is clamped in the usual manner between the guard 63 and the cover 62.

It is apparent that the specific illustrations shown above have been given by way of illustration and. not by way of limitation, and that the structures above described are subject to wide variation and modification without departing from the scope or intent of the invention, all of which Variations and modifications are to be included within the scope of the present invention.

What is claimed is:

In shaving devices, an elastic sleeve having two inner grooves formed therein which are situated one over the other, a guard having a flange fi-tting into one of said grooves, and a handle having a .flange fitting into the other one of said grooves.

GEORGES MONNET. 

